The best of WoW.com: September 22-29, 2009

by Mike Schramm { Sep 30th 2009 at 2:30AM }

The World of Warcraft is a strange and savage place: not only is there continually some Orc or Murloc or crazed cult attacking whatever various settlement you choose to spend your time in, but you've also got to deal with patch releases, forum trolls and the occasional crazed developer too! That's why you should be reading WoW.com -- we're your own personal sherpa for the biggest MMO around.

Peep our roundup of ten popular posts from the past week after the break.

News

Cataclysm starting zone lore and other new details revealed
More information from Blizzard about the new expansion.
World of Warcraft patch 3.2.2a is live
A bugfix patch, implemented into the game to get rid of some of last week's bugs.
Ghostcrawler to take a break from the forums
One of the game's major devs backs off of the official forums, though rumors of his departure were somewhat exaggerated.
Details on the Alterac Valley bracket changes
Blizzard mixes up the battleground brackets in Alterac Valley.
Alex Afrasiabi on Cataclysm and the origin of phasing
Phasing, the technology Blizzard created that has revolutionized MMO gaming, was originally a bugfix. How about that.

Features

Ready Check: Onyxia
Here's how to take down the first raid in the game, newly repurposed for the fifth anniversary of release.
Patch 3.2.2 sees stealthed hunter nerfs
Kill Shot at close range? No more.
Drama Mamas: Dealing
Our resident anti-drama advice columnists tell you to get over it.
WoW patch 3.2.2 changes for mages
What's up with arcane casters in the newest patch release.
The Queue: Roasting a pig on a MacBook Pro
Our Q&A column answers your questions, including how to get WoW running more smoothly on a MacBook.

Tags: blizzard, cataclysm, devs, drama, expansion, forums, ghostcrawler, hunters, mages, mmo, onyxia, questions, raiding, ready-check, sherpa, world-of-warcraft, wow

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

IDUNNOLOL @ Sep 30th 2009 8:57AM

cool story bro

Squid @ Sep 30th 2009 12:55PM

"Phasing, the technology Blizzard created that has revolutionized MMO gaming..."

I really don't understand all this hype about phasing. I played Guild Wars for a little while when it first came out and there was tons of "phasing" in that.

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